Tiny Beautiful Things

Cheryl Strayed wrote a series of heartfelt candid advice essays titled “Tiny Beautiful Things” under the pen name “Dear Sugar.” The book approaches life’s difficult problems with compassion and frankness. In her essays, Strayed—who is also the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Wild—shares candid personal tales on a range of topics, including violent family members, deformities, and unhappy marriages. It’s a salve for all that life hurls at us, applied with wit, wisdom, kindness, and complete transparency.